Ok I'm voting for the only one I've been to. The Get Sauced Event. I've only made 2 of those. Would like to get to more, but you will keep having them on the wrong end of the cities. There are so many nice places on the west side, Plymouth area. HINT HINT!! _________________Save the earth.
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I have thought about this COTM thing for a while. Wisconsin seems to do a nice job of it but they too have the same problem that we have. Many people have not been to the caches that are nominated. I look at the two we have nominated this month and really should not even vote. I have been to the one I nominated but not the other one.

There are three you say? That leads to the second problem. Is a drinking party a cache or something else? Should there be a competition for best party held in a bar after or before caching? How about best breakfast buddies location. Why not? Lots of folks had a great time.

I think if you want to do a COTM, you should decide what you are looking for. the old system of doing a nice write-up of a cache each month was quite nice. I have a list of those caches and try to get to them if I can. Perhaps a "best cache to find with kids" one month and the next month take nominations for the "cache with the best view", or "cache with the toughest climb". Then those that have an interest in such a cache might be inclined to try to visit it or them. Lord knows it is getting hard to sift through the tons of urban micros (mine included) to find something that is a little different.

At the end of this month you will have learned that people like to have a party, and that's great. I like a party too. Maybe next month we could have a list of the caches with the longest hike or caches with some other special trait that makes them interesting.

Just my $.02 worth._________________"The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an ideology of hope." --George W. Bush, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007

At the end of this month you will have learned that people like to have a party, and that's great. I like a party too. Maybe next month we could have a list of the caches with the longest hike or caches with some other special trait that makes them interesting.

Well, to each his own. Some people like urban micros and despise long hikes in the woods to find a box full of McToys and moldy books. Some people like a clever hide that you wouldn't find elsewhere and some just want numbers.

What makes the submissions interesting is that you get a feel for what other people like and while one that is far superior might not win in a particular month at least it got the nod it probably deserved.

Well Pogopod, at least you submitted one. It isn't exactly as if Silent Bob was inundated with suggestions this month. I just nominated the cache that I had the most fun at this month. And I didn't drink, so to call it a "drinking" party isn't entirely accurate. _________________I am amazed by how many people harp on the need to speak and write English in this country while exhibiting a fundamental lack of skills in the areas of spelling and sentence composition. Would this be irony, hypocrisy, or both?

And I didn't drink, so to call it a "drinking" party isn't entirely accurate.

Yeah, it's not 100% accurate, but maybe it's 95% accurate.

Either way, to each their own. I had an off-forum chat with Silent Bob about this, and if you look at it from Groundspeak's point of view, it still counts as an Event Cache. It's a "cache," the same way that Virtual "caches" and Locationless "caches" are "caches." Some people don't consider them real caches/finds and some people consider them just as legitimate and in some cases a lot more fun than traditional or multi caches. To each their own. I don't consider Get Sauced to be CotM material, but I understand how some people would consider it the best candidate for CotM.

Silent Bob, we agree. There is a diversity of opinion on what makes a good cache. All I was attempting to say is instead of making each month a wide open "competition", Give a little bit of direction and change the direction every month. That way the micro lovers can tell where the great micros are and the woods nerds like me can point other like-minded souls to our favorites, people who are into French History can do their thing, and the folks who enjoy the group activities can also have their favorites.

There are 1753 caches on the cache list when I enter my zip code. Here is a chance for the leaders of the MNGCA to maybe point us to the ones we might enjoy the most.

Thanks._________________"The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an ideology of hope." --George W. Bush, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007

Luckily, I've happened to visit one of the two caches nominated, and that's where my vote went. IMHO, even if I haven't been to any of the nominated caches, I think that with the current system, there is plenty of time between when the nominations are posted and when voting closes to go visit some of those caches and thus make a decision based on more than just a good write-up. I've even planned a day of caching around a nominated cache, just so I can see what made someone else thrilled enough with the cache to spend the time to submit a nomination, and I haven't been disappointed yet._________________There comes a time in every young boy's life when he gets an irresistible urge to seek buried treasure.--Mark Twain